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The Bluestocking, where we look forward to good things happening, both soon and later.

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AsWithGlad · 26/09/2026 01:05

Welcome to The Bluestocking, the best (perhaps only) online women's pub. Nothing in the food or drink can harm you, everything is served by a very enthusiastic crew of gerbils, who enjoy doing this and other interesting things. Any curious menfolk are welcome at the Staunch Ally down the road.

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EmpressaurusKitty · 03/10/2026 19:45

WTF???? What did you say, Boily????

Edited to add I know there are some words that trigger auto deletion - could that be it?

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 19:52

Magpiecomplex · 03/10/2026 19:44

How on earth did you get deleted, Boily?! I read what you wrote, and I'm baffled.

No fucking clue. I've just reported my post above it in order to ask what the ????!

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 19:53

The worst bit...I'm actually a Celtic supporter.

DeanElderberry · 03/10/2026 19:54

I feared enthusiasm for THAT cake had led to the use of unladybeetlelike language.

WearyAuldWumman · 03/10/2026 19:55

@AsWithGlad Goodness! Sending gentle hugs. Hope you're better soon.

MarieDeGournay · 03/10/2026 19:56

It's a relay, isn't it? Deano and Mr Dragon recovering, WAW and AsWith poorly.
Hope you are seen to soon, AsWith, and are comfortable while waiting.

Looking forward to finding out what the self-destruct work was, Boily !

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 19:56

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/10/2026 19:45

WTF???? What did you say, Boily????

Edited to add I know there are some words that trigger auto deletion - could that be it?

Edited

Nothing. I mentioned I was reading the article. Made comment as I passed each photo then 😍 at the one of Tunnock's.

I am totally perplexed.

Who is monitoring this thread???

All this does is add weight to my suspicion of being stalked on Mumsnet.

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 19:58

I may have said crap more than once, but we are all grown up here.

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:00

You can all go back a page.

It's back!!

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/10/2026 20:02

Now back to the more important question of how one of your slippers ended up on top of that pile of Tunnocks!

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:04

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/10/2026 19:45

WTF???? What did you say, Boily????

Edited to add I know there are some words that trigger auto deletion - could that be it?

Edited

You called it!

Hi Boiledbeetle,

We’ve taken a look and the post you reported has now been reinstated - it looks like it was auto-removed as repetitive words/phrases sometimes flag posts as needing to go.

Thanks for helping us keep Mumsnet useful and safe.

We hope you're reassured your post is now visible again.

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:07

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/10/2026 20:02

Now back to the more important question of how one of your slippers ended up on top of that pile of Tunnocks!

I accidentally flinged it whilst attempting to do a dirty dancing move. The other ended up in the trifle.

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:07

Seriously MNHQ!!!

WearyAuldWumman · 03/10/2026 20:10

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 19:53

The worst bit...I'm actually a Celtic supporter.

You'll.no be wantin a Terry's Chocolate Orange then?

[Secret Santa at my work once, the only known Celtic supporter in the staffroom was gifted a Rangers mug containing a Chocolate Orange.]

As an aside, when I was at high school, many of the boys supported Rangers. Most of the senior girls supported Celtic because they fancied Kenny Dalgliesh.

One time, we were on a trip of some kind and on the Fife line (not the Circle at that time) to Edinburgh.

As we passed through the Inverkeithing interchange, the best sportsperson (better than all the other girls and the boys) in the school - a girl who gloried in the nickname of "Haggis" spotted a bunch of Hearts supporters on the Inverkeithing platform.

She immediately opened the carriage window, leaned out, waved her green and white scarf and roared "Ceeeeeeeeltic!"

On the one hand, seeing a load of Hearts supporters running after the train was quite funny but on the other hand there were cries of "Haggis! Ya eejit!" as one of the supporters nearly made it to the door.

When I did supply at a certain Fife High School, I was asked whether I supported Rangers or Celtic, thinking myself clever, I replied "Cowdenbeath." (It usually works, once the kids have stopped laughing.)

Unfortunately, the few East Fife supporters in the class immediately burst into

"They're dirty and they're smelly!
They come from near Lochgelly!
The Cowden fami-leeeee!"

Thinking that that was the end of it, I grinned and said "All right! I asked for that one!"

Tried to get back to the lesson, then "Aye...but if ye HAD tae...wid it be Rangers or Celtic?"

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:14

Well, i did try to post to tell you all the reason I got deleted.

But mnhq deleted it.

WearyAuldWumman · 03/10/2026 20:17

It's only hidden I think? It might come back, same as in the 'loon' debacle. [I recall having to send links to an online Scots dictionary and whatnot that time.]

You didn't commend Tunnocks for their Yoon tendencies did you? (That might bewilder folk outside the Celtic nations.)

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:39

Finally. Everything back where it should be.

ErrolTheDragon · 03/10/2026 20:40

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:14

Well, i did try to post to tell you all the reason I got deleted.

But mnhq deleted it.

It’s there now.
So the automatic filters “thought” you were a bot. 😂

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:41

ErrolTheDragon · 03/10/2026 20:40

It’s there now.
So the automatic filters “thought” you were a bot. 😂

No one wants to affirm my beetleness today!

Magpiecomplex · 03/10/2026 20:48

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:41

No one wants to affirm my beetleness today!

You are the beetle-est beetle!

EmpressaurusKitty · 03/10/2026 20:49

The boiliest beetle!

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:54

Even Co Pilot just called me an ant and swapped my slippers without asking.

It's just not fair.

The Bluestocking, where we look forward to good things happening, both soon and later.
EmpressaurusKitty · 03/10/2026 21:42

The gerbils know better.

The Bluestocking, where we look forward to good things happening, both soon and later.
AngleofRepose · 03/10/2026 22:24

Howdy, folks, I seem to have missed some shenanigans? That's ok, the whole of FWR seems to just be really strange right now. (or is it just me?)

I promised myself I'd go to bed early tonight, but I think I'll grab a quick hot chocolate and watch the weird things happen for a little while.

(some time travel happening on the Stephen King thread, I think, and lots of strange rat recipes on the Peggie thread, and one whole thread disappeared earlier- and they think we're nuts in the Bluestocking!)

I'll just be over here in the quiet corner.

(do we have any gerbils who do shoulder rubs?)

WearyAuldWumman · 03/10/2026 22:24

Boiledbeetle · 03/10/2026 20:41

No one wants to affirm my beetleness today!

Before my Twitter account was hacked, I used to get my account frozen for 'automated behaviour'. Translation = I could touch type.

In one of the earlier Bluestockings someone whose username I didn't recognise said that they'd followed me on Twitter and that my hacked account had definitely been deleted (as I'd requested of X).

Well, I clicked on a link to X one time and it took me straight to my hacked account, still there but inaccessible. Apparently, my account is now TheRealEllonMusk@[Original Name]. Good luck to them.

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